Local Government Engineering Department Chief Engineer Gopal Krishna Debnath addressed a day-long workshop titled "Job Fair for Certified Skilled Construction Workers" at Rangpur Tourism Motel on Monday. Photo : BSS

RANGPUR, Jan 27, 2025 (BSS) - Chief Engineer of Local Government Engineering 
Department (LGED) Gopal Krishna Debnath has said that the role of trained 
workers in the development of the country's infrastructure is immense. 
 
"The government has continued various training programmes to create skilled 
workers. As a part of this, the LGED's 'Prabhati' project is working to 
improve the skills of workers by providing infrastructural training," he 
said.
 
The LGED Chief Engineer said this while addressing the chief guest at a 
daylong workshop titled "Job Fair for certified skilled construction workers" 
at the conference room of Rangpur Parjatan Motel on Monday. 
 
The workshop was organised by the 'Prabhati' project of the LGED, supported 
by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), an 
international development cooperation agency. 
 
The Chief Engineer said almost half of the country's population is women. The 
overall development of Bangladesh is not possible without including this half 
of the population in the mainstream of development activities, he remarked. 
 
"In order to make women's participation in infrastructure and economic 
development participatory, LGED's Construction Skill Training Center (CSTC) 
organised a 45-day regular residential training in Gazipur for the workers 
recently," he said. 
 
Superintending Engineer and 'Prabhati' Project Director of Rangpur LGED 
Anisul Wahab Khan, its Executive Engineer Md Musa and President of Rangpur 
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Md Akbar Ali delivered special guest 
speeches in the event.
 
Additional Chief Engineer of LGED's Rangpur Circle Manjurul Islam presided 
over the workshop.
 
Government officials, representatives of the anti-discrimination student 
movement, representatives of contractor organisations and journalists were 
present at the workshop. 
 
A total of 90 trained workers-- 55 men and 35 women-- participated in the 
workshop.